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January 2024

Pack Feature Automatically Selects The Data You Need For Your Flight

Pack feature ensures you have all charts, weather, NOTAMs and data downloaded for your flight.

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On the iPad

Enter your desired route in the Route Editor. The Pack icon, or suitcase, is located on the bottom right of the Route Editor.

Pack analyzes your planned route against the data you already have downloaded, and then prompts you to download any additional charts, plates, TFRs, METARs, TAFs, AIR/SIGMETs,NOTAMs and fuel price data you may need for offline access.

Pack has a Settings control that toggles Enable Auto-Check on and off. Turning Enable Auto-Check ON enables Pack to automatically start the route analysis process.In the OFF position, you can still trigger Pack manually by tapping on the icon in the Route Editor.

The red exclamation point badge on the Route Editor icon and on the suitcase icon indicates that you need to pack for your trip.

Tap on the Pack icon to view the download detail for your trip.

Each type of chart or set of data is bundled into a single line item. You can download each line item individually by tapping on the blue arrow(s); or you can trigger the entire set by tapping the Pack button in the lower right corner. To help you manage the available space on your iPad, each line item is labeled with file sizes. The total file size is indicated in the lower left corner.

Modifying your route via typing in the Route Editor in the Maps view; touch planning in the Maps view; typing in the File & Brief view; or accepting expected route notifications (Flight Alerts) triggers a new Pack analysis. The updated route is evaluated and you’ll be presented with any additional data you need to download.

On the iPhone

Pack can be accessed on the iPhone in the Route view. Tap on the Menu button, then scroll to the Routes section. Tap on one of the three recent routes listed, Favorites, Recents, or Create to select the route for which you wish to Pack.

After choosing or entering a route, scroll to the bottom of the Route page to the Pack line. Just like on the iPad, after a few seconds Pack analyzes the route to determine if additional data needs to be downloaded.

Pack is available with version 6.1 of ForeFlight Mobile Standard, Pro, and Canada. ForeFlight Mobile version 6.1 is a free download for subscribers via the Apple Store. For additional information, be sure to review the Pack section of our Pilot’s Guide.

Release notes

Release notes

Pack simplifies pre-flight preparation byanalyzing your route and determining the charts, airport data, terminalprocedures, NOTAMs, TFRs, fuel prices, and weather information needed for yourflight (and a 50nm buffer on either side of your route). Pack makes you moreefficient and more confident that all the charts and data you need for yourflight will be available when airborne and disconnected from the Internet.

Access Pack via the suitcase button thatnow appears in the flight plan editor within the Maps view. When it is time topack, a red exclamation badge appears on both Pack's suitcase button, as wellas the navlog button on the Maps menu bar. Before every flight, remember toPack and you will know you have the charts, data, and flight information youneed!

Watch the pack video athttp://blog.foreflight.com.

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